We ae reporting this donation a little late as we received the donation in May, but with members holidays etc., we are reporting it now.

Tony McNally when he was Team Chairman, (he is now an Honorary Vice President for Life) applied to the Provincial Insurance Company Trust For Bolton for grant assistance to the team with regards to our wish to purchase a shelter tent for our Control / Catering set up, as a briefing, messing and shelter facility for team members on search operations and other team activities.

Set aside what will be a relatively expensive item to buy is an already large sum of money, all donated in the memory of Mr Sunter, a local canoeist who drowned in a canoe accident, but the intended purchase will exceed this. This is where the Provincial Insurance Company Trust For Bolton has been extremely generous in awarding us a grant for £1,000.00.

The PICTFB has supported the team on previous occasions, and their continued help is very much appreciated by the team. We are now investigating various types of robust shelters available on the market for Emergency Services use, and with this very kind grant donation from PICTFB we have a much wider range of shelters now available to us for investigation and purchase.

Final numbers 103 members of the public, at least 5 dogs, team members and approximately 40 people on horseback climbed Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to the Pike to climb the same height as Everest. So we managed to climb Everest twice. pic.twitter.com/vx13wRpn8E

We smashed 64 members of the public and 4 dogs have so far climbed the Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to climb the same height as Everest. Let’s see if we can get 100 people and climb it twice. pic.twitter.com/1FzzCRVet5

Runners and walkers are the group at most risk of accidental drowning in the UK - 77 people died in 2016 because they fell in the water whilst out for a run or a walk #BeWaterAwarepic.twitter.com/AfUVuX1WGz